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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mūlet, n.p. 865A fine; a pecuniary punishment or penalty. 2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.] Syn. — Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.
  2. Mūlct, v. t.p. 865To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a pecuniary fine; to fine. 2. Hence, to deprive of: to withhold from by way of punishment or discipline.
  3. Mūlct'a-ry or Mūlct'ū-a-ry, a.p. 865Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
  4. Mūle, n.p. 865A quadruped of a mongrel breed, usually generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes between a horse and a she-ass; —applied also to any animal produced by a mixture of different species. 2. A…
  5. Mūle'-jēn'ny, n.p. 865A machine for spinning cotton.
  6. Mūle'-spin'ner, n.p. 865One who spins on a mule.
  7. Mū'-le-teer', n.p. 865One who drives mules.
  8. Māle'-wort, n.p. 865(Bot.) A plant of the genus Hemionitis.
  9. Mū'ley, n.p. 865A stiff, long saw, not stretched in a gate, and moved much more rapidly than an ordinary gate-saw.
  10. Mū'li-ēb'ri-ty, n.p. 865The state of being a woman; womanhood; a state in females corresponding to virility in man. 2. Hence, effeminacy; softness.
  11. Mū'li-er, n.p. 865A woman. 2. (Law.) (a.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son; the son of a lawful wife. (b.) (Civ. Law.) A…
  12. Mū'li-er-ly, adv.p. 866In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]
  13. Mū'li-er-ty, n.p. 866(Law.) State or condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
  14. Mūl'ish, a.p. 866Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
  15. Mūl'ish-ly, adv.p. 866Stubbornly, like a mule.
  16. Mūl'ish-ness, n.p. 866Obstinacy, as of a mule.
  17. Mŭll, v. t.p. 866To soften, or bring down in spirit; or to heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. Drink new cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay. 2. To dispirit or deaden. Shak.
  18. Mūll, n.p. 866A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.] 2. A snuff-box made of the small end of a horn. 3. [L. Ger. mull, D. mul. See MOLD.] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.
  19. Mūll, n.p. 866A thin, soft kind of muslin.
  20. Mul'lā, n.p. 866See MŌLLAH.
  21. Mŭl'li-ga-tāw'ny, n.p. 866An East Indian curry soup.
  22. Mūl'lah, n.p. 866See MOLLAH.
  23. Mül'lein or Mül'len, n.p. 866(Bot.) A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. thapsus), growing in roads and neglected fields.
  24. Mŭll'er, n.p. 866One who, or that which, mulls. 2. A vessel in which wine is mulled over a fire.
  25. Mūl'ler, n.p. 866A sort of pestle of stone or glass, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments upon a slab of similar material.
  26. Mŭl'let, n.p. 866(Ichth.) A fish of the genus Mullus, which frequents the shore, and roots in the sand like a hog. It is an excellent fish for the table. The name is also given to other kinds of fish. 2. (Her.) A…
  27. Mul'ley, n.p. 866A cow; — a child's word.
  28. Mŭl'li-grŭbs, n.p. 866A twisting of the intestines; colic. [Slang.] 2. Hence, sullenness.
  29. Mūl'lin-gŏng, n.p. 866(Ornith.) See DUCK-BILL.
  30. Mūl'lion, n.p. 866(Arch.) (a.) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, &c. (b.) One of the divisions in panelings resembling windows.
  31. Mŭl'liŏn, v. t.p. 866To shape into divisions by mullions.
  32. Mŭl'lock, n.p. 866Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.]
  33. Mūl’mul, n.p. 866Same as MULL.
  34. Mūlse, n.p. 866Wine boiled and mingled with honey; sweet wine.
  35. Mult-ăn’gu-lar, a.p. 866Having many angles; polygonal.
  36. Mult-ăn'gu-lar-ly, adv.p. 866With many angles or corners.
  37. Mul-tān'gu-lar-ness, n.p. 866The state of being polygonal.
  38. Mŭlt'ar-tic'ū-late, a.p. 866Having many articulations or joints.
  39. Mul-tē'i-ty, n.p. 866The state of being many; multiplicity. [Rare.] There may be multeity in things, but there can only be plurality in persons. Coleridge.
  40. Mūl'ti-căp'su-lar, a.p. 866(Bot.) Having many capsules.
  41. Māl'ti-cār'i-nate, a.p. 866(Conch.) Many-keeled.
  42. Mŭl'ti-cā'vŏus, a.p. 866Having many cavities.
  43. Mŭl'ti-ci'pĭ-tal, a.p. 866(Bot.) Having many heads. Gray.
  44. Mūl'ti-cōl'or, a.p. 866Having many colors.
  45. Mūl'ti-cŭs'pi-date, a.p. 866Having many cusps or points.
  46. Mūl'ti-dēn'/tate, a.p. 866Armed with many teeth.
  47. Mūl'ti-fāced, a.p. 866Having many faces.
  48. Mŭl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs, a.p. 866Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts. There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal. More.
  49. Mūl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 866With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.
  50. Mūl'ti-fā'ri-oŭs-ness, n.p. 866Multiplied diversity. 2. (Law.) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.
  51. Mul-tif'er-ōŭs, a.p. 866Bearing or producing much or many. [Rare.]
  52. Mūl'ti-fid, a.p. 866(Bot.) Having many divisions; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins; as, a multifid leaf or corol.
  53. Mul-tif'i-dous, a.p. 866Having many divisions or partitions.
  54. Mūl’ti-flō’rōŭs or Mul-tif’lo-roŭs, a.p. 866Many-flowered; having many flowers.
  55. Mŭl'ti-flūe, a.p. 866Having many flues.
  56. Mŭl'ti-foil, n.p. 866(Arch.) A leaf ornament, consisting of more than five divisions or foils. See FOIL.
  57. Mŭl'ti-fōld, a.p. 866Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
  58. Mŭl'ti-fōrm, a.p. 866Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. “A plastic and multiform unit.” Hare.
  59. Mŭl'ti-fōrm, n.p. 866That which has many forms; that which gives a multiplied representation or many repetitions of any thing. “And signifies a multiform of death.” E. B. Browning.
  60. Mŭl'ti-fôr'mi-ty, n.p. 866Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing.